cover by ward robinson This wild little guy has been out for a second but we were so busy with shows, shows and shows that we didn’t get a chance to make a huge deal about it! So behold—L.A. RECORD 104! First issue of our sixth year of printing with busting-through-the-mold L.A. transplant KING TUFF [...]

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Long-running pop duo Sparks are now 22 albums deep and their latest, a musical commissioned by Swedish National Radio called The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, will be performed live at the Los Angeles Film Festival, with stage direction from Winnipeg wunderkind Guy Maddin, who hopes to direct a feature film adaptation. This interview by Lainna Fader.

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Director Guy Maddin’s latest project is a “film-to-be” adaptation of a musical written by Sparks, in which a live cast will perform on stage the story of Ingmar Bergman, mysteriously transported from his native Sweden to Hollywood during the height of the studio system in the 1950s. Maddin will direct the on-stage world premiere of The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman Saturday at the L.A. Film Festival. This interview by Lainna Fader.

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A juicy morsel of a book, a compact rock story in a goofy font (is that Chalkboard or Comic Sans MS?) splattered with xeroxes of old fliers, mag covers, newspaper reviews, record company one-sheets, ticket stubs, etc. This book is all business, though it’s hard to say if that’s by choice since the Mael bros. are infamously devoid of any public private life. This review by Howe Strange.

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Beijing’s music may be mostly unrecognized on these shores, but the best bands from China can definitely hold their own with L.A.’s finest. Los Angeles is awesome for recognizing this and welcom

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alice rutherford Sparks is one of L.A. RECORD‘s favorite bands—re-enacted on two of our covers and interviewed here—and they will be playing a giant hometown show on Sat., Feb. 14 (Valentine’s Day—hello, young lovers!) at Royce Hall at UCLA! Tickets go on sale tomorrow and are available here. More info below.

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Alice Rutherford

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